Thread: Thinking between 3 rifles

Originally Posted by Scout

I'm stunned by this & how sneaky it must be, would it have continued if we responded back to it in a positive way, will it stop posting now as outed & what is the main motive of this thing ?

The Prime Directive ?

Gain info, steal data or just money ?

It's a marketing ploy. Either it was pushing the link in the signature, or may have even wanted to push a discussion on a particular rifle brand. Or both.

It's all about return on investment (RoI). The cost of getting a computer to go on a forum and generate some posts is extremely low. Lets say we charge 10 cents per post charge to the client. Getting a bot to post 1000 times across various forums around the world costs the client $10. If they influence a single rifle sale off the back of that then they have made money.

And it's all about generating discussion about a brand and influencing trends.